Need info on Rossi

[Motoracer]

Hey everyone. I'am a huge fan of Valentino Rossi cause I reckon he's the greatest M/C racer to walk the earth etc etc but not only that he's also one of the coolest racers as well. I just love reading all the interviews of him cause every word he speaks makes so much sence and it's pretty much gold and I can't get enough of it. It would have been awesome if he wrote a book or something but I don't think he has yet.

Anyway, I only have a few magazines with interviews on him and I tried to find some stuff on the net but didn't have much luck.

If you guys have come across any interviews or any info about his riding tecniques or any thoughts or ideas from Rossi himself, I would be very greatfull if you could please bring it to my attention. If it's in a magazine, I could photocopy it and give the magazine back to you.

Cheers!

[bugjuice]

don't know any interviews to hand, but he's a top dude.
Gets off a race winning Honda, then wins the first race out on a Yama. If that isn't the dogs bollox, then what is?

He also reminds me of Fez from That 70s Show..

[Sensei]

Yea have a few interviews in mags at work or home Me thinks will check them out for ya . Joey Dunlop is still a great Fav of mine . Rossi does have a Kool
thing going tho
SENSEI

[MrMelon]

Hey MR, You seen the moto GP documentary called Faster (http://www.fastermovie.com/)?
It's got a fair bit of Rossi talking about stuff there.

[sAsLEX]

hey sudeep if you wanna a copy of faster just give me a yell/pm

loved the bit when he stopped his bike after winning then went into the portaloo!!! Fuckin classic, every sport needs it joker and Rossi is it

[Posh Tourer :P]

The latest MCN had a scoop about his riding style. He effectively does the motorcycle equivalent of "left-foot braking", where he keeps the throttle open in a corner, while also holding the brake on all through the corner. The brake controls speed, while keeping the throttle open means that there isnt the unsteadiness of the moment of neutral throttle as you accelerate out of a corner. Apparently spotted by some trainspotter with a pair of binocs, and far too much time on his hands. I'll see if I can dig out the article for you. It wasnt very extensive, thats about all that was in it.

[James Deuce]

Eddie Lawson's better.

Rossi's like Schumacher. No REAL competition from the current crop of pilots, unless the vehicle is significantly better than the one Rossi and Schumacher are riding/driving.

[Coyote]

I've got a book about him, pretty damn good, still haven't read it all. I'll find out the author and let you know, you might be interested in getting it

[Skunk]

Hey MR, You seen the moto GP documentary called Faster (http://www.fastermovie.com/)?
It's got a fair bit of Rossi talking about stuff there.I've got the two DVD edition if someone can make me a 'backup'.

[That Guy]

He bought me a beer once when I was working in GPs. I was just a lowly team member from a different team but he still recognised me in a pub and bought me a beer. I've been a fan ever since. A lot of the time not even our own riders bought us beers! Got a signed tee-shirt somewhere but sorry you can't have that.

He kicked arse in 125s, he kicked arse in 250s, he kicked arse in 500s, he kicked arse in MotoGP, and then did it again on the lesser bike. Sorry Jim2 I can't agree with ya.

[James Deuce]

He bought me a beer once when I was working in GPs. I was just a lowly team member from a different team but he still recognised me in a pub and bought me a beer. I've been a fan ever since. A lot of the time not even our own riders bought us beers! Got a signed tee-shirt somewhere but sorry you can't have that.

He kicked arse in 125s, he kicked arse in 250s, he kicked arse in 500s, he kicked arse in MotoGP, and then did it again on the lesser bike. Sorry Jim2 I can't agree with ya.
What the hell are you apologising for!

I respect your right to your opinion. I will die to preserve your right to disagree with me.

Now stop making me grumpy and say something outrageously stupid to give me a decent excuse to "pounce".

Bloody needless apologising.... (mutter, grumble)

[slick]

Used to work for Haynes who published his biography, might have the files somewhere, I'll have a look, if so I could do you a pdf??

[That Guy]

What the hell are you apologising for!

I respect your right to your opinion. I will die to preserve your right to disagree with me.

Now stop making me grumpy and say something outrageously stupid to give me a decent excuse to "pounce".

Bloody needless apologising.... (mutter, grumble)

Fine! (prepares unsanitised typing skills) Jim2 you're wrong. Ha.

[riffer]

google is your friend (http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=valentino+rossi&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official)

[James Deuce]

Fine! (prepares unsanitised typing skills) Jim2 you're wrong. Ha.
Much better. Grammatically correct what's more.

[Motoracer]

THIS IS GREAT!!

Cheers everyone! Yep, I've got faster and watched it about 5 times now! lol. Will watch many more times again and I am sure I'll still love it everytime. Cool vid that.

Cheers PoshTourer, that's exactly the sort of stuff I was after. I'll make a note of it.

I'd really appreciate it if you were able to have a look for them articales Sensie, cheers!

I'm gonna make a folder for Rossi and chuck all the info in there and I want to study it. So the more info the better, let me know if others have anything as well. Thanks in advance!

[Hitcher]

Rossi's like Schumacher. No REAL competition from the current crop of pilots, unless the vehicle is significantly better than the one Rossi and Schumacher are riding/driving.
I hope you're not blaming Valentino or Michael for this state of affairs?

[James Deuce]

I hope you're not blaming Valentino or Michael for this state of affairs?
Not at all. Both of them have built a team of people around them that can make any piece of hardware perform beyond expectation. That elevates them both to genius level.

However Eddie earns my eternal respect for giving a tyre industry executive a gushing head wound with a gnawed clean T-Bone after his first Daytona win. You wouldn't see those corporatised modern chappies doing that to modern day sponsors.

[jrandom]

Based on performance to date, Valentino is just like Schumi and Kasparov - a clear dominator of his contemporaries. That gets him a place in the history books.

However, I'll refrain from any further commentary until after Sunday's race. If Vale wins, though, rest assured that general gushing will be pandemic, and no T-boned head wounds will be involved.

[That Guy]

However Eddie earns my eternal respect for giving a tyre industry executive a gushing head wound with a gnawed clean T-Bone after his first Daytona win. You wouldn't see those corporatised modern chappies doing that to modern day sponsors.

True; however Max Biaggi does his best at times to dis' his sponsors: " my Honda is shit......no wait, my Yamaha is shit.....no, no, that right, my Honda is shit.......no wait, it was Michelin they been shit all along......oh, hang on, no actually it that Erv fellow - he shit."

[Motu]

He's better than Schumacher in that he doesn't have a bag of ''dirty tricks'' to pull out when the going gets tough,that's why Max is there...if you can't beat them fair and square,push them off the track.

He also doesn't have a team mate who is 2nd in everything.

[jrandom]

True; however Max Biaggi does his best at times to dis' his sponsors: " my Honda is shit......no wait, my Yamaha is shit.....no, no, that right, my Honda is shit.......no wait, it was Michelin they been shit all along......oh, hang on, no actually it that Erv fellow - he shit."

Seriously, though, his comments are fair enough... how can he be expected to snag championships while having to ride such shit? It's becoming obvious that if his sponsors could only find a tasteful colour scheme for his bike, he could be winning, so long as nobody forgets to polish his rear brake lever just *so* before each race, and his team manager doesn't look at him funny and upset his focus, of course.

Poor old Max. Hamstrung by the unfortunate circumstance of being on the track at the same time as Valentino...

[That Guy]

If he doesn't do it this year under full factory Repsol colours I think he should retire and give his bike to Hayden Fitzgerald or some other deserving kiwi.

[riffer]

THIS IS GREAT!!

Cheers everyone! Yep, I've got faster and watched it about 5 times now! lol. Will watch many more times again and I am sure I'll still love it everytime. Cool vid that.


If you've got a copy like mine you'll be needing this then Sudeep.

It's the slick artwork. :niceone:

[That Guy]

Where do you get a copy of Faster from?

[Motoracer]

If you've got a copy like mine you'll be needing this then Sudeep.

It's the slick artwork. :niceone:

Eh? I couldn't open it for some reason? Is it a pic? I think it's prolly cause I don't have winzip in my computer.

[slob]

Here're some nice pics:

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2005/motogp/testing/mar_jerez/gallery_a/images/rossi_brakes.jpg

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2005/motogp/testing/mar_jerez/gallery_a/images/rossi_mono.jpg
http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2005/motogp/testing/mar_jerez/gallery_a/images/rossi_power_700p.jpg

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2005/motogp/testing/mar_jerez/gallery_b/images/rossi_front_700p.jpg

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2005/motogp/testing/mar_jerez/gallery_d/images/rossi_above.jpg

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2005/motogp/testing/mar_jerez/gallery_c/images/rossi_lhf.jpg

[Skunk]

Where do you get a copy of Faster from?I got mine from here (http://www.ezydvd.com.au/). Roadshow in NZ are the agents but Whitcoulls should be able to get it.

[gav]

The Book you'll want to get is " Valentino Rossi - MotoGenius" by Mat Oxley, published by Haynes. I've got the second edition, it covers up right to where he announces he's leaving Honda for Yamaha, and his reasons, but before he'd actually ridden the Yamaha. Actually bought it off Trade Me along with a couple of Tamiya RCV211V kitset models. :niceone:

[That Guy]

I got mine from here (http://www.ezydvd.com.au/). Roadshow in NZ are the agents but Whitcoulls should be able to get it.

Thanks - ordered mine just now.

[Motoracer]

The Book you'll want to get is " Valentino Rossi - MotoGenius" by Mat Oxley, published by Haynes. I've got the second edition, it covers up right to where he announces he's leaving Honda for Yamaha, and his reasons, but before he'd actually ridden the Yamaha. Actually bought it off Trade Me along with a couple of Tamiya RCV211V kitset models. :niceone:

Cheers Gav!! I'll buy that book for sure then.

[That Guy]

Thanks - ordered mine just now.

Got it on Friday watched it twice already - fantastic! I got a second DVD too with it with an update on the 03/04 season. I could make a copy if anyone wants but I don't have access to a DVD burner?

Was great to see my old team mates on the tele too - I was even on it! (only in the background tho). I remember organising John Hopkin's first test with us - man that kid was hopeless then - missed flights, lost baggage, lost tickets, lost pass port, couldn't find hotels, late for this late for that SHEEEIT he caused me some headaches....must've sorted his stuff out now I guess.

I reckon Burgess's 80/20 (ie a fast performance is 80% rider and 20% bike) theory is more like 60/40 since the 4 smoke came along though.

[Ghost Lemur]

Got it on Friday watched it twice already - fantastic! I got a second DVD too with it with an update on the 03/04 season. I could make a copy if anyone wants but I don't have access to a DVD burner?

Was great to see my old team mates on the tele too - I was even on it! (only in the background tho). I remember organising John Hopkin's first test with us - man that kid was hopeless then - missed flights, lost baggage, lost tickets, lost pass port, couldn't find hotels, late for this late for that SHEEEIT he caused me some headaches....must've sorted his stuff out now I guess.

I reckon Burgess's 80/20 (ie a fast performance is 80% rider and 20% bike) theory is more like 60/40 since the 4 smoke came along though.


I knew they were making a sequel but didn't realize it had already been released. Would love to get my hands on an "offsite backup" if anyone can help That Guy.

Slightly OT That Guy - Any chance of you doing a write up of you time associated with MotoGP. Ie the lead up to you being there, the why's how's etc, maybe some funny or interesting stories from your time there, and if it's not too personal and you feel like sharing, why you're no longer involved. I'm sure there are others who'd be just as interested in hearing as I am.

[Storm]

I'm sure there are others who'd be just as interested in hearing as I am.[/QUOTE]
Yeah there definatly is-me!!